Bill-holder



(No Model.)

A. G. PARK.

- BILL HOLDER.

No. 485,750. Patented Nov. 8, 1892.

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- device, and to form a thumb-piece by a bend .inafter set forth, andpointed out in the UNITED STATES PATENT O FICE.

ALLAN G. PARK, OF MADISON, WISCONSIN.

BILL-HOLDER.

SPECIFICATION formingpart of Letters Patent No. 485,750, dated November8, 1892.

Application filed April 12, 1892.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, ALLAN G. PARK, a citizen of the United States,residing at Madison, in the county of Dane and State of Wisconsin, haveinvented a new and useful Bill-Holder, of which the following is aspecification.

My invention relates to improvements in that class of bill-holders whichare formed with a back board and spring-wire clamp, and the objects ofmy improvement are to hang the clamp centrally for producing great andequal pressure of its two ends, to open and close the clamp upon thebills embraced for increasing its capacity and convenience in using,'toinsert all projections and attachments of the clamp in the recesses ofthe board for producing smoothness in the whole in the clamp.

With these objects in view my invention consists of certain novelfeatures and combinations and arrangements of parts, as hereclaims.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure l is a plan view; Fig. 2, aright-side elevation; Fig. 3, a bottom view; Fig. 4, a left-sideelevation; Fig. 5, a perspective view from a position over the righthandupper corn er, showing the clamp open, and Fig. 6 a lower end elevation.

Similar letters refer to similar parts in the several views.

A designates a back board having its upper surface of the form of aright-angled parallelogram and having a gain forming a recess cut ineach of its lateral edges a distance below its center. The recess E onthe left reoeives the ear of the clamp, which forms the shaft of thehinge. The recess F on the right receives the ear of the clamp whichforms the latch.

13 designates a spring-wire bent into the form of a right-angledparallelogram, except as to three minorbends hereinafter described.forming a clamp of the same width as and shorter than the back board. Adownwardlyprojecting central ear is formed in each of the lateral sidesof the clamp by bends therein made. The cars when the holder is closedSerial No. 428,889. (No model.)

rest Within the recesses in the back board on its respective sides. Theear 0 on the left has a straight longitudinal part which hinges theclamp in a bearing hereinafter described. The ear I) on the right formsalatch which is engaged by a catch to be hereinafter described when theholder is closed.

D designates a strap of flexible metal centrally bent around thestraight longitudinal part or the shaft of the ear 0, forming thebearing for such shaft and having its ends riveted in gains 011 eitherside of the board, thus hinging the clamp to the board.

0 designates a pin forming a catch inserted in the recess F on theright-hand side of the board engaging the ear b, thus latching the clampwhen closed.

a designates an upward nearly-semicirqular bend in the right-hand sideof the clamp below the ear I), forming a thumb-piece, giving power andconvenience in. manipulating the clamp.

My device with the clamp thus centrally hinged and latched will have theadvantages of pressing equally upon the upper and lower bearing-linesupon the papers, of operating in a closed condition when the limitedcontents and consequent light pressure admit, of taking out and puttingin papers without opening, of opening'and closing when greater contentsand pressure do not admit of such insertion or when freedom in handlingpapers is desired, of pressing thepapers springing the clamp closing andlatching with the purchase of the ends used as levers by acouvenientthumb piece, and of presenting smooth outside surfaces in all parts.

What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. A bill-holder composed of a back board gained in its lateral edges, aspring-wire clamp having ears-in the gains, a bracket hinging one ear ina bearing, and a catch engaging the other ear, all said parts combinedsubstantially as set forth.

2. In a bill-holder, in combination with the back board and the clamp, abracket upon one side of the board having a bearing receiving andhinging the clamp and a catch upon the opposite side engaging the clamp.

3. In a bi11-ho1der,in combination, a back hearing and engaged by thelatch, and a, board,abracket bearingajournal andacatch, thumb-pieceformed in the clamp contiguous both attached to the board, and a clampjourto the catch.

naled in the bearing and engaged by the catch. ALLAN G. PARK.

4. In a bill-holder, in combination, a bear- Witnesses: ing and catch oneithersideof the back board, FRANK M. VVOOTTON,

a'spring-clamp journaled and hinged in the J. E. VVAKELEY.

